An Incredible Image Shows How Powerful Countries Are Buying up Much of the World's Land. China, Home to 20 Percent of the World's Population but Only 8 Percent...
An incredible image shows how powerful countries are buying up much of the world's land. China, home to 20 percent of the world's population but only 8 percent of the world's arable land, has gone abroad in search of farmland.
How much of U.S. property is owned by China?
How have Chinese and Canadian investments developed over time? The share of Chinese investors in the U.S. real estate market remained somewhat constant until 2018 when it hovered at around 15 percent, before dropping to 11 percent in 2019 and then six percent in 2021.
As of December 2019, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data, Chinese agricultural real estate holdings in America totaled about 78,000 hectares – or 780 square kilometers. That is about 0.02% of America's roughly 3.6 million square kilometers of total farmland.
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